4th November - Law News

Edition 4330: LawNewsIndex is a UK based daily legal news archive on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics & Human Rights since 2011.

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Today's Highlighted Video Story: Helen shares the impact this deepfake pornography has had on her life and challenges a culture that treats women’s appearance and image as public property while the perpetrators remain anonymous. Deepfake pornography is an increasingly common form of image-based sexual abuse and in June 2023, an amendment of the online safety bill was announced that criminalises the sharing of deepfake intimate images online.

A selection of important developments in the world of law and justice (for a comprehensive look at the news and events, please visit @theLawMap Twitter feed):

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Everyone got duped by Sam Bankman-Fried's big gamble https://tinyurl.com/3h32znsx
• Bar leaders line up to attack proposed amendment to Principle 5 of IBA's International Principles on Conduct for Legal Profession | Law Gazette https://t.co/LnVUNiySZA
• “Incompetent” Ministry of Justice contributes to unmet legal need - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/49tnbavf
  
• Parties pursuing SLAPP lawsuits should be liable in damages for acting against the public interest, Nick Vineall KC proposes | Law Gazette https://tinyurl.com/bbeabzhz
  
• #Iranian mother jailed for 13 years after denouncing death of son shot at protest - Mahsa Yazdani convicted of blasphemy and ‘insulting supreme leader’ as Iran regime targets families of those killed in protests https://tinyurl.com/3ty457p8
  
• Law firm AI project could provide lawyers with file summaries - Legal Futures https://tinyurl.com/4y26k5ck
  
• Big tech will allow governments to vet AI products for first time, Sunak says https://tinyurl.com/3hvdstc5